Global Patent Index - EP 3640402 A1

EP 3640402 A1 20200422 - VERTICAL CUTTER

Title (en)

VERTICAL CUTTER

Title (de)

VERTIKALSCHNEIDER

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF DE COUPE VERTICAL

Publication

EP 3640402 A1 20200422 (EN)

Application

EP 19201864 A 20191008

Priority

IT 201800003546 U 20181011

Abstract (en)

A vertical cutter for a machine that can move on wheels, comprising a motorized cutter (1) which can rotate with respect to its own vertical axis, means (2) for containing transmission elements which are integral with the cutter (1), supporting means (3) for means (4) for feeding and dispensing wire or cable (5) which can rotate freely about the axis of the cutter (1), and a roller (6) having a horizontal axis for the adjustment of a height of the cutter (1) with respect to a walking surface and therefore of a depth of a trench generated by it, and for covering the trench with an adjacent soil displaced by the cutter (1) and accumulated in the vicinity of the trench, the wire or cable (5) being accommodated and conveyed by the machine, further comprising, at the sides of an assembly constituted by containment means (2) of the transmission elements which are integral with the cutter (1) and by supporting means (3) for means (4) for feeding and dispensing a cable (5), two sliding guides (10), which can rotate freely about the axis of the cutter (1), for the guidance and conveyance of an additional cable that is already placed on the ground, the guides having a C-shaped transverse profile for the lateral accommodation of a portion of the additional cable that is inserted beforehand in a component such as a spiral (10S) which is integral with each respective sliding guide (10).

IPC 8 full level

E02F 5/04 (2006.01); E02F 5/10 (2006.01); E02F 5/12 (2006.01); H02G 1/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

E02F 5/04 (2013.01 - EP); E02F 5/10 (2013.01 - US); E02F 5/101 (2013.01 - EP); E02F 5/12 (2013.01 - EP US); E02F 5/223 (2013.01 - US); H02G 1/06 (2013.01 - EP); E02F 5/145 (2013.01 - US)

Citation (applicant)

  • EP 10192563 A 20101125
  • IT 20201800003546 U

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3640402 A1 20200422; EP 3640402 B1 20220713; IT 201800003546 U1 20200411; US 2020115885 A1 20200416

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 19201864 A 20191008; IT 201800003546 U 20181011; US 201916587894 A 20190930